Manhattan author Diana Forbes is a literary archeologist, a ninth-generation American with ancestors on both sides of the Civil War. She writes historical fiction and is passionate about old New York, ancestry, untold stories… Writing of this quality is rare and it...

****Starred book review on Kirkus. Set in Gilded Age New England, Forbes’ debut novel follows teenage Penelope Stanton as she struggles through dubious attachments and financial ruin to become a suffragist leader. “Imagine being sent to a party with a gun pointed at...

“Mistress Suffragette” by Diana Forbes is a wonderful and detailed journey that takes you back in time to the late 19th Century Gilded Age (1870-1900). It is a vivid story that merges romance, fiction, and historical events that took place during that age. Diana...

With its mixture of contemporary gutsiness and nineteenth-century manners, this is a delightful exploration of leaving home. Diana Forbes revisits the Gilded Age in this lively, mesmerizing historical romance. Mistress Suffragette is a deft portrayal of risky...